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Duterte possible VP bid shows weakness in daughter's capacity to run: think tank

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/news/04/15/20180903-duterte-israel-arrival-mnib-1.jpg"/><figcaption>President Rodrigo Duterte and daughter Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio wave to the reception party upon their arrival at the Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel on September 2, 2018. Arcel Valderrama, Malacanang Photo</figcaption></figure></div>MANILA - Calls for President Rodrigo Duterte to run for vice president next year shows weakness in his daughter&#x27;s presidential bid, a think tank head said Sunday.Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio&#x27;s ally had expressed belief she will run for president in the 2022 polls, after members of the ruling party PDP-Laban&#x27;s national council voted on a resolution urging Duterte to run as vice president. The two have yet to talk about the respective issues.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/03/21/sara-duterte-carpio-will-run-for-president-in-2022-polls-lawmaker">&#x27;No doubt Sara Duterte-Carpio will definitely run&#x27; for president in 2022: lawmaker</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/31/21/duterte-pdp-laban-2022-elections-vice-president">PDP-Laban national council votes to come up with resolution for Duterte&#x27;s VP bid</a></li></ul>&quot;Bakit kailangan tumakbo ang isang incumbent President? Meron ba tayong nakikitang kahinaan in terms of napipili possible candidate na kailangan niya ng kanyang ama to strengthen the tandem?&quot; Victor “Dindo” Manhit told ABS-CBN&#x27;s TeleRadyo.(Why does an incumbent President need to run? Do we see any weakness in terms of the possible candidate that she needs her father to strengthen the tandem?)<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/01/21/nothing-unconstitutional-illegal-in-urging-duterte-to-run-for-vp-pdp-laban-exec">Nothing unconstitutional, illegal in urging Duterte to run for VP: PDP-Laban exec</a></li></ul>PDP-Laban officials backing the call for Duterte to run for vice president have cited the need for continuity of the administration&#x27;s programs.Manhit, president of Stratbase ADR Institute for Strategic and International Studies, also questioned Duterte-Carpio&#x27;s possible tandem with her father when she was not even a member of PDP-Laban.Duterte-Carpio heads the regional party Hugpong ng Pagbabago.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/04/21/duterte-pacquiao-pdp-laban-2022-elections">Duterte vs Pacquiao? President remains senator&#x27;s fan, says Palace</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/02/21/duterte-free-to-choose-running-mate-2022">Duterte free to choose running mate outside PDP-Laban if he runs for VP next year</a></li></ul>&quot;Kasama talaga yan sa tinatawag namin na weak political party system natin. Parang walang proseso ng pagpili ng kandidato,&quot; Manhit said.(It&#x27;s included in what we call our weak political party system. It seems like there&#x27;s no process in selecting candidates.)&quot;It’s just reflective na talagang personality-oriented ang ating political system (that our political system is personality-oriented).&quot;According to Sen. Koko Pimentel, Executive Vice Chairman of the PDP-Laban, Duterte-Carpio rejected &quot;the idea of hijacking the PDP LABAN offered to her by rogue elements in the party.&quot;&quot;The PDP LABAN will field homegrown candidates as we are not lacking in talent. Hence we do not need to import personalities. We have our party ideology to guide us,&quot; Pimentel said last Friday.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/01/21/pdp-laban-exec-says-no-need-to-tap-outsider-for-partys-2022-standard-bearer">PDP-Laban exec says no need to tap outsider for party&#x27;s 2022 standard bearer</a></li></ul>Meanwhile, Manhit said the father-daughter tandem also does not bode well for the country&#x27;s proposed anti-political dynasty law.&quot;Nakita natin itong ginagawa sa ibang bayan. Pero gagawin ba natin ito sa higher level which is the presidency and vice presidency? Sana naman &#x27;wag mangyari,&quot; he said.(We know this is done in various towns. But should we do it on a higher level, which is the presidency and vice presidency? We hope it won&#x27;t come to this.)&quot;Kasi dun pa lang, makikita na kayo po ba ang pangulo, mayor o ang inyong ama?&quot;(Because it begs the question on who is really the president, Mayor Sara or her father?)<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/01/21/duterte-for-vp-in-2022-joke-of-the-worst-kind-1sambayan">Duterte for VP in 2022? &#x27;Joke of the worst kind&#x27; - 1Sambayan</a></li></ul>Duterte, 76, is not eligible for re-election as President. In April 2019, he said he is &quot;tired&quot; and that did not have the &quot;choice of being a politician forever.&quot; <ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/06/19/duterte-i-will-step-down-at-the-end-of-my-term">Duterte: &#x27;I will step down at the end of my term&#x27;</a></li></ul>&quot;I will not stay forever, I will not be part of the political scenery in the coming years,&quot; he said then.Duterte-Carpio, for her part, appealed in January to those who want her to run for president to wait until 2034.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/30/21/sara-duterte-to-political-supporters-wait-for-2034">Sara Duterte to political supporters: Wait for 2034</a></li></ul><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1700515" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

Calls for President Rodrigo Duterte to run for vice president next year shows weakness in his daughter's presidential bid, a think tank head said Sunday.

Calls for President Rodrigo Duterte to run for vice president next year shows weakness in his daughter's presidential bid, a think tank head said Sunday.